US Open: Serena Williams raged into the quarter-last

New York, Sep 3 American tennis star Serena Williams raged into the quarter-last of the progressing US Open as she guided past Kaia Kanepi of Estonia in the fourth round of women's singles event here at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday.

The 36-year-old cleared aside her Estonian rival 6-0, 4-6, 6-3 in a clash that kept going 96 minutes.

After registering an easy victory in the first set, a couple of errors in the second set gave Kanepi to make a rebound. Nonetheless, Williams hit back strongly in the third set to keep the hopes of a 24th Grand Slam title alive.

Former world number one has confirmed her place in the quarterfinal of the tournament for the 15th time in her career.

In the men's singles event, defending champion Rafael Nadal edged past Georgian player Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-3, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4 to book his spot in the last eight.